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If you are new to the game of Texas Hold’em, you might not be familiar with “Fishing for Information”. This should occur when your are involved in a hand and you are not quite sure what you opponent has so you throw a bet on the table just to see where you stand in the hand. Here is an example:

Let’s say you start the hand out with a pair of tens. You raise the pot and get 2 callers. The flop comes out nine, eight, four but they are all diamonds. Well, your hand may be still good or you may be dominated by a flush. In this situation you may want to bet even if you are out of position just to see what your opponents might have. Since you raised pre-flop, there is a good chance that your opponents may have some over cards. You betting makes it difficult for someone to call with only over cards and a flush possibility on the board.

In poker always remember, information is power. You should attempt to get information out of your opponent by any means necessary, even if it means loosing a couple of poker chips every now and then. If you are a newbie try this technique at your next home game or tournament a couple of times. You may surprise a few opponents as well as surprise yourself by winning a few extra pots.

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